Ruby on Rails

You can do it, it just takes a little time (as with most things, a little more than you expect). Try building a simple blog in Rails (I hear it only takes 10 minutes :) ). Then add some features. Then try using a Microsoft SQL server database. Then try *not* using the standard Rails conventions for the id field, etc. Do this while you have a bit of time and no deadline, and after a bit you'll be ready to tackle this kind of project with only the occasional hint from the list.

And I'm not saying you couldn't do this. I'm just saying it is ambitious for a first real world project.

If it helps, the more you learn, the easier it gets to learn. I'm pretty new to Rails (I've used Ruby before), but after Grails, Groovy, ColdFusion, PHP, C#, Python/Django, a little Scala and Clojure and some ancient history with VisualBasic, C, Smalltalk, Pascal and assembly it's a lot easier to learn than the first time I found myself staring at a "getting started with ...." guide with a tight client deadline!

Best Wishes,
Peter

On Oct 28, 2010, at 3:30 PM, Stefan Hinck wrote:

> Yea I think your right, this is way outta my league.
>
> What has always confused me is how developers make it from their first
> book and building their hello world or calculator app, to actually
> programming a real world solution.
>
> When I sit down to see what I can try to create, I always draw a blank.
> Lets build a neat little calculator!
>
> Then when there are actual things needing to be done or solved, its
> always too difficult or out of reach.
>
> Its always miffed me how developers make it from crawl to walk.
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